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2008
Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future: Next Steps,
a collaborative report prepared for the Western Governors' Association by the staff of the Western States Water Council,
June 2008
available online click here

2007
May 2007 Climate Change Research Needs Workshop,
these proceedings represent a report prepared by Jeanine Jones of the California Department of Water Resources for the Western Governors' Association and the Western States Water Council
September 2007
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2006
Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future,
a collaborative report prepared for the Western Governors' Association by the staff of the Western States Water Council,
June 2006
available online click here

2005
Celebrating Our 40th Anniversary - 1965-2005,
a collaborative report prepared by former members and the staff of the Western States Water Council,
July 2005
available online click here

2005
Governmental Interference with the Use of Water: When Do Unconstitutional Takings Occur?,
a collaborative Legal Committee work product published Fall 2005 in the University of Denver Water Law Review,
2005

2003
State Tools to Provide Water for Endangered Species,
a report prepared by the staff of the Western States Water Council,
June, 2003

2002
Water Reuse and Artificial Groundwater Recharge in the Western United States,
a report prepared by the staff of the Western States Water Council,
November 2002, 75 pages

1999
Ground Water Recharge Projects in the Western United States, Economic Efficiency, Financial Feasibility, and Legal/Institutional Issues,
a cooperative project by Western States Water Council, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
December 1999, 187 pages
Available through the Bureau of Reclamation

Federal Non-Indian Claims to Water,
by staff of the Western States Water Council,
February 1999, 131 pages

1998
State Watershed Strategy Guidebook,
by staff of the Western States Water Council,
September 1998, 137 pages

1997
Water in the West Today: A States' Perspective,
by staff of the Western States Water Council,
February, 1997, 45 pages

Western States' Abandonment, Forfeiture and Lack of Perfection Laws,
by staff of the Western States Water Council,
July 1, 1997, 86 pages

1995
Intrastate Water Transfers in the West: Approaches, Problems and Related Issues,
by Ricky Shepherd Torrey,
May 30, 1995, 53 pages

Water Policy and Growth Management,
a report prepared for the Western Governors' Association by staff of the Western States Water Council,
June 1995, 32 pages
available through WGA.

1994
Western State Water Use Fees,
a report prepared for the Western Governors' Association by the Western States Water Council,
June 30, 1994, 9 pages

1992
Western State Water Right Permitting Procedures,
by Norman K. Johnson,
November 1992, 41 pages

1991
Interregional Water Transfers,
by Norman K. Johnson and Anthony G. Willardson,
May 1991, 115 pages

1990
Groundwater Recharge Projects in the Western United States, Economic Efficiency, Financial Feasibility, and Legal/Institutional Issues,
by Anthony G. Willardson and Norman K. Johnson,
Oct. 1990, 229 pages

1991
State Water Laws and Federal Water Uses: The History of Conflict and the Prospects for Accommodation,
D. Craig Bell and Norman K. Johnson,
April 1991, 115 pages

1989
The Western States Water Council: Prologue and Organization,
Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director,
July 1989, 68 pages

1987
The Doctrine of Prior Appropriation and the Changing West,
Norman K. Johnson, Legal Counsel,
October 1987, 41 pages

A Model for Western State Drought Response and Planning,
WSWC Staff, Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director,
Oct. 1987, 76 pages

EPA/State Relations Related to the Administration of Federal Water Quality Programs in the Western States,
Norman K. Johnson, Legal Counsel,
October 1987, 20 pages

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Funding,
Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director,
July 1987, 58 pages

1986
Western State Drought Management,
Anthony G. Willardson,
October 1986, 126 pages

Western State Ground Water Management,
Norman K. Johnson,
October 1986 update, 86 pages

1984
How Much Water Do We Have in the West?,
Richard A. Smith
May 1984, 21 pages

State/Federal Financing and Western Water Resource Development - 1984 Update,
Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director,
May 1984, 85 pages

1983
Federal Water Resource Development Financing and Cost Sharing: A Western State Perspective,
Anthony G. Willardson,
June 1983, 106 pages

Indian Water Rights in the West,
Norman K. Johnson, Legal Counsel,
December 1983, 124 pages

Water Conservation and Western Water Resource Management,
Anthony G. Willardson, Associate Director,
December 1983, 90 pages

1982
Laws of the Twelve Western States Pertaining to Interstate and/or Interbasin Transfers - Update,
Compiled by Norman K. Johnson, Legal Assistant,
September 1982, 44 pages

Western State Ground Water Management,
Anthony G. Willardson,
Research Analyst,
October 1982, 1 11 pages

Water for Western Energy Development,
Richard A. Smith, Staff Engineer,
December 1982, 89 pages

1981
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act: A Status Report,
Norman K. Johnson,
Legal Assistant, September 1981, 22 pages

State/Federal Financing and Western Water Resources Development,
Anthony G. Willardson, Research Analyst,
November 1981, 56 pages

1977
Water for Western Energy Development - Update
September 1977, 28 pages

1976
Bibliography of Selected Reports and Ongoing Studies Relating to Water Requirements for Energy Resource Development,
April 1976, 54 pages

Major Federal Water-Related Programs Affecting the Use of Non-Federal Lands,
D. Craig Bell, Research Lead and Project Coordinator,
March, 1976, 56 pages

1975
The Reservation Doctrine,
D. Craig Bell,
1975, 47 pages

1974
Western States Water Requirements for Energy Development to 1990,
November 1974, 39 pages